Tell me more about Hannibal?

Question

Any information is most welcome.

cupcake67, my apology but that lector is a good movie!

Answer 1

He loved it when a plan came together.

Answer 2

"Most historians prefaced their work by stressing the importance of the period they propose to deal with; and I may well at this point follow their example and declare that I am now about to tell the story of the most memorable war in history, that which was fought by Carthage under the leadership of Hannibal against Rome." The Roman Historian Titus Livius Livy wrote 'The History of Rome from its Foundations', and in Books 21-30 you can read all about The Second Punic War. I recommend the most recent Penguin Classics reprint edition, with the picture of a statue of an elephant on the cover.

Answer 3

Hannibal, the son of Hamilcar Barca, (247 BC – c. 183 BC;[1][2][3][4][5]) was a Punic military commander and politician, later also working in other professions, who is popularly credited as one of the finest commanders in history. He lived in a period of tension in the Mediterranean, when Rome (then the Roman Republic) established its supremacy over other great powers such as Carthage, Macedon, Syracuse and the Seleucid empire. He is one of the best-known Carthaginian commanders. His most famous achievement was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War, when he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy.

During his invasion of Italy he defeated the Romans in a series of battles, including those at Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae. After the Battle of Cannae, Capua, then the second largest city in Rome, defected from the Roman Republic and joined Hannibal. Hannibal lacked the siege equipment necessary to attack the heavily defended city of Rome.[6] He maintained an army in Italy for more than a decade afterward, never losing a major engagement, but never able to push the war through to a conclusion. During that period, the Roman armies regrouped. A Roman counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was defeated in the Battle of Zama. The defeat forced the Carthaginian Senate to send him into exile. During this exile, he lived at the Seleucid court, where he acted as military advisor to Antiochus III in his war against Rome. Defeated in a naval battle, Hannibal fled again, this time to the Bithynian court. When the Romans demanded his surrender, he preferred to commit suicide rather than submit.

Answer 4

247 BC - hannibal is born
c. 240 BC - Mercenary war takes place in Carthage
228 BC - Hamilcar killed in battle, Hasdrubal commander in chief
221 BC - Hasdrubal assasinated, becomes commander in chief
218 BC - Lays siege to Saguntum, Second Punic war breaks out
June 217 BC - Scores a victory at the Battle of Lake Trasimere
215 BC - lost at Nola
214 BC - last attemnpt to take Nola fails

212 BC - victorious at Silarus
211 BC - Romans lay siege at Capua
210 bc - defeats Romans at Herdonia
203 bc -- defeated at Bagbrades
202 BC - defeated at Zama
202 Bc - end of Second Punic War
200-196 BC - he pursues a successful political life
195-190 Bc - he enters into exile at Tyre
190 BC - welcomed to ephesus by Antiochus III
190-182 BC - commits suicide by drinking poison


LEGACY TO THE ANCIENT WORLD
Long after his death, his name continued to carry a portent of great or imminent danger within the Roman Republic. It was written that he taught the Romans, who claimed to be fierce descendants of Mars, the meaning of fear. For generations, Roman housekeepers would tell their children brutal tales of Hannibal when they misbehaved. In fact, Hannibal became such a figure of terror, that whenever disaster struck, the Roman Senators would exclaim "Hannibal ad portas" (“Hannibal is at the Gates!”) to express their fear or anxiety. This famous Latin phrase evolved into a common expression that is often still used when a client arrives through the door or when one is faced with calamity.[26] This illustrates the psychological impact Hannibal's presence in Italy had on Roman Culture.

LEGACY TO THE MODERN WORLD

Hannibal's name is also commonplace in later art and popular culture, an objective measure of his influence on Western European history.

Like other military leaders Hannibal's victories against superior forces in an ultimately losing cause won him enduring fame that outlasted his native country. His crossing of the Alps remains one of the most monumental military feats of ancient warfare[37] and has since captured the imagination of the Western World (romanticized by several artworks and subject to Roman folklore). In many schools in Rome, and even Italy overall, when a child behaves badly, the teacher will say, "Behave well or Hannibal will come and get you". This shows how his legend and fear still goes on today.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

He lived in Carthage and attempted to beat Rome but failed after a valiant fight. He also is known for bringing elephants over the Mediterranean on rafts.

Answer 7

bummer...i thought u were talking about hannibal lecter...now there's a guy who knows how to show a girl a good time!